Sunday, June 3, 2012

Superhero Athletes #3

Powers:
Three Sheets acquires her powers through alcohol consumption. When intoxicated,
Three Sheets' strength, balance, and agility is enhanced to levels
11X greater than the most powerful and agile athletes. She often appears to have
the ability of flight, but in actuality they are tremendous bounds. Moreover,
her sensitivity to pain greatly diminishes when in the Three Sheets’ state. Three
Sheets also has the ability to knock out or disorient her assailants by burping
in their face. When near fire, she becomes a human flame thrower, breathing out
a combustive jet stream.

Weaknesses: Sobriety! When sober, Alicia Sacramone is still
exceptionally athletic but nowhere near as powerful as when she's intoxicated.
However, her greatest weakness is the lack of support from the community.
Although Three Sheets provides the most valuable amenity (safety), she lacks
the community's moral support. She is oftencriticized
for her seemingly haphazard approach of defense and her expletive filled
logorrhea. She often "blacks out" when in the "Three Sheets state" and can't remember the events that occurred or the techniques she used. After coming down from a Three Sheets episode, she experiences intense headaches, dry mouth, and a
sensitivity to light.

History: Alicia Sacramone didn't realize her alter ego "Three
Sheets" until a visit to Toronto a few months after her 18th birthday. She
was in Toronto for a gymnastics competition, in which she won, and because the
legal drinking age in Canada is 18 she celebrated her victory with some
friends. After a raucous night of drinking, Alicia and friends began to walk back to
their hotel. On their trek back, a group of hoodlums slipped out of a dark
alleyway and attacked the group. Alicia's friends ran off in all directions seeking
escape or help. Alicia on the other hand stayed put; she was surprisingly not frightened
by her attackers and knew someone needed to deliver some justice. When the
first police officers arrived at the scene, there was no trace of Alicia; all that
remained was a pile of hoodlums stuffed not-so-orderly into a dumpster.

Goals: Ending gang
violence, reducing the drinking age to 18 in the United States. (Much of her
early work took place in countries where the drinking age is under 21.)

Video footage of Three Sheets taking care of some business at a particularly
precarious bar. Sent in by S. Cimino.